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WHAT TO SEE 
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NEW ORLEANS 

WHAT TO SEE AND HOW TO SEE IT 



A STANDARD GUIDE TO THE 
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS 

ILLUSTRATED 




COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY THE 
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NEW ORLEANS. 




'EW ORLEANS, the metropolis of the South and 
Mississippi Valley, and the Winter Capital 
OF America, is a city of 375,000 inhabitants, 
and was founded by Bienville, a French- 
Canadian, in 1718. It lies 110 miles from the 
mouths of the Mississippi River, and com- 
* prises the entire Parish of Orleans, with an 

j j area of 196 1^ square miles. It has a harbor 

ranging in depth from over 200 to 3.5 feet; 
thirty miles of wharves, a part of which are covered by municipally- 
owned, modern steel sheds, and a public belt railroad, which, free of 
charge, transfers commodities to and from railroads. It is the largest 
coffee, banana, sugar, cotton, rice, sulphur and salt market in the 
United States, and, by reason of its geographical location, enjoys un- 
usual rail and ocean transportation facilities. Its population is prin- 
cipally American, with a large number of French-speaking inhabitants 
— the Creoles of Louisiana, who live, for the most part, in that section 
lying below Canal street, known as the French, or Creole quarter. 

There are over fifty thousand miles of railways with terminals at 
New Orleans, with other lines under construction, and one of the 
largest car-repair plants in the United States is located here. The 
grain elevators at New Orleans are among the largest at any seaport, 
and the largest sugar refinery in the world costing $4,000,000, has 
just been completed. Its street-railway system is one of the best 
in the United States, and practically universal transfers are given. 
Its hotels are modern and ample, and some $4,000,000 have recently 
been spent on two new ones, now opened. 

The proximity of New Orleans to numerous great natural products 
adds immensely to its 
prestige as a port and 
manufacturing center. 
The largest sulphur and 
salt mines in the world 
are less than 200 miles 
distant in Louisiana, 
and in the same section 
are located the immense 
sugar and rice planta- 
tions arid the great oil 
fields. Only a short 
distance further, in 
Louisiana, are the 
greatest long-leaf yellow- 
pine forests now the lake ix city park. 




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remaining in America. At Bogalusa, in St. Tammany paristi, north of 
New Orleans, is the largest and most modern saw mill in the world. 
Cotton is grown practically throughout the State. 

The recent discovery of natural gas in Northwest Louisiana, near 
Shreveport, credited by government experts to be the largest proven 
field in America, gives additional potency for wealth and manufac- 
turing development. This gas will be brought by pipe line to New 
Orleans, a distance of 352 miles. Other gas fields, only a few miles 

distant, but as yet un- 
developed, give promise 
of future great supplies. 
There are immense 
stores of lignite in 
Louisiana, while, iron, 
coal, marble and build- 
ing stone are being de- 
veloped and will ulti- 
mately be produced in 
commercial quantities. 

Louisiana does not 
tax foreign capital in- 
vested in mortgage se- 
curities. Under these 
FRENCH MARKET. " favorable conditions 




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OLD CREOLE COURTYARD. 



millions of dollars have 
sought tax-exempted in- 
vestment in New Or- 
leans and Louisiana. 

The Panama Canal 
is 600 miles nearer 
New Orleans than to 
any other large seaport, 
and an ever-growing 
trade is being developed 
with Cuba, Mexico and 
Central America. New 
Orleans is the headquar- 
ters of the Twelfth 
United States Railway 
Mail Division, and the 
home of other import- 
ant Governmental De- 
partments. One of the 
two greatest steel float- 
ing dry docks in the 
world is located here, 
and the United States 
Naval Station and Re- 
pair Shops at New Or- 



leans are the most modern of any in the United States. 

The assistant purchasing agency of the Isthmian Canal Commis- 
sion is located here. 

From a health standpoint New Orleans compares favorably with 
any large city of the United States, the resident white death-rate aver- 
aging less than fifteen 
per thousand. Three 
great municipal im- 
provements, are in a 
measure, responsible for 
this excellent showing 
— drainage, sewerage 
and pure water. The 
first has been in opera- 
tion some seven years. 
and dry excavations to 
the depth of fifteen to 
twenty feet are now 
possible; whereas, until 
the installation of the tiik l.\w.\ — newcomu college. 




NEW ORLEANS. 




ON ST. CHARLES AVENUE. 



drainage system, such 
was out of the ques- 
tion. The sewerage is 
conveyed into the 
river far below the 
city, while the water 
for domestic consump- 
tion is taken frcm the 
Mississippi at the up- 
per end of the city, 
passed over filtration 
beds, chemically treat- 
ed and distributed to 
the mains. The water 
is soft and of unusual 
purity. In addition to 
the health feature, the inauguration of this new water system will re- 
sult in a diminishing insurance rate, due to the high pressure avail- 
able for fire protection. 

These public utilities are owned and operated by the City of New 
Orleans, and, in addition, the city owns and operates its own street- 
repair plant. 

All railroad and steamship lines give a free stopover of ten days 
at New Orleans on all classes of tickets, while the Progressive Union 
pays the fares of merchants from Louisiana and numerous surrounding 
States, to and from New Orleans, who make their purchases here, mak- 
ing New Orleans a great jobbing market. 

Socially New Orleans is delightful; and, by reason of this, and her 
historic interest, cosmopolitanism, foreign characteristics, her famous 
cuisine, her Mardi Gras and manifold amusements. New Orleans is 
known as the "Winter 
Capital of America." 
Motor-boating and 
y a c h ti n g on Lake 
Pontchartrain may be 
enjoyed all - year - 
around, due to the 
open winters; and in 
summer-time, New Or- 
leans is cooler than 
New York, Chicago 
and many of the large 
cities far to the North. 
This is due to being 
surrounded by rivers 
and large lakes, and 
the near proximity of trench oper.\ house. 




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OLD ST. LOUIS (royal) HOTEL. 

the Gulf of Mexico to the southward, the prevailing breezes in 
summer-time being from that quarter. Within less than two hours 
by rail from New Orleans one can enjoy salt-water bathing in Mis- 
sissippi Sound, this beautiful stretch of coast, from a few miles east 
of New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama, being known as the "Riviera of 
America," and is filled with Northern sojourners in the winter-time, 
and New Orleans residents in the summer. Waveland, Bay St. Louis, 
Pass Christian, Mississippi City, Long Beach, Ocean Springs, Gulf- 
port, Biloxi, Scranton and Pascagoula are the most noted of these Gulf 
Coast resorts. 

From the standpoint of the epicure. New Orleans is the one bright 
spot on American soil. Her cooks, descended of the best of their kind 
in France and Spain, and taking on the added art of the Creole, pro- 
duce viands which have created for this city a reputation at home and 
abroad. Shrimp, both river and lake, crayfish, crabs and oysters are 
among the specialties of New Orleans sea food. It might here be added 




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NEW ORLEANS. 




NEW $2,000,000 COURTHOUSE. 




AUDUBON PLACE. 




PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LEE CIRCLE. 



NEW ORLEAyS. 




that New Orleans is the largest 
oyster market in the world, and 
one of the largest fish markets 
in the United States, while the 
huntsman and fisherman are of- 
fered the rarest sport in the 
bayous and marshes of the 
country immediately adjacent 
and within forty minutes' ride. 
There are several large public 
libraries, five large metropolitan 
American daily papers, and one 
French daily, 112 public schools 
and kindergartens, many private 
schools and six universities. 
The chief of the latter are the 
Tulane University, for boys, and 
Newcomb College, for girls, both 
under the same administration. 
Tulane is specially noted for its 
medical department, while its 
academic, law, engineering and 
technical divisions are develop- 
ing rapidly. 

From any point of view New Orleans is a city of destiny, and with 
deep water from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and the open- 
ing of the Panama Canal, will become a port of tremendous power in 
the commercial economy of the world. 

HEALTH AND CLIMATE. 

The citizen of other sections of the United States is prone to ex- 
press surprise when it 
is stated that New Or- 
leans is one of the 
healthiest cities in the 
country. Yet this is a 
fact, and borne out by 
statistics which show 
that the average resi- 
dent white death-rate 
is less than fifteen per 
thousand. With many 
beautiful parks as 
breathing-spots, and be- 
ing practically sur- 
rounded by such large 
bodies of salt water as 



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Lake Maurepas, Lake 
Pontchartrain, Lake 
B o r g n e , Mississippi 
Sound and tlie Gulf of 
Mexico, and the fresli 
water of tlie wide and 
winding Mississippi 
River. New Orleans is 
not only healthier, but, 
in actual fact, much 
cooler in summer-time 
than most cities of the 
North. The b r e e ze s 
from these bodies of 
water are constant, 
and, particularly at night, they are cool and refreshing. 

Immediately adjacent to New Orleans, and within reach either by 
rail or boat, within an hour to two hours, are the beautiful lake and 
gulf coast resorts. The "Ozone Belt," on the farther side of Lake 
Pontchartrain from New Orleans, in St. Tammany Parish, is noted as 
being the second healthiest spot in the United States, and is particu- 
larly beneficial for tubercular and kidney troubles, by reason of its 
pine-laden atmosphere and its mineral waters. Covington, Abita 
Springs and Mandeville are towns within this Ozone Belt. 

RECLAMATION OF LANDS. 



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The reclamation of swamp lands in Louisiana, particularly in the 
immediate vicinity of New Orleans, has opened up to habitation and 
cultivation some of the richest soil in America, and has had its in- 
evitable beneficial effect upon health. Conspicuous in this has been 
the consequent development of truck-gardening, with the im- 
mense New Orleans 
market at hand, and 
the entire North 
to draw on, particu- 
larly during the win- 
ter season, when 
fruits and vegetables 
are produced here 
months in advance of 
the northern crop. 
The farmer of the 
East and Middle 
West would do well 
to investigate. st. koch's shrixe. 




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PURE WATER. SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE. 




HUTCHIXSOX aiEMORIAL, TULAXE UNIVERSITY. 



New Orleans has 
spent $28,000,000 in 
completing one of the 
most elaborate sys- 
tems of sanitation in 
the world. The huge 
water-filtraticn plant 
gives to the residents 
a crystal, soft and 
wholesome water. 
The drainage system 
has dried out the sur- 
face soil, and huge 
skyscrapers, with 
deep cellars, are to- 
day standing in New Orleans. 

The sewerage system discharges into the Mississippi River far 
below the city, and all three of these great public utilities are owned 
and operated by the City of New Orleans for the benefit of her popu- 
lation. 

The waterworks plant, one of the best in the United States, is the 
largest of its type in the world. It comprises a system of sedimenta- 
tion, coagulation and filtration through American rapid filtration 
system. There are two pumping stations of 80,000,000 gallons capacity 
per day, with an average pressure of 75 pounds, and a maximum of 
100 pounds, while across the river there is a 4,000,000 gallon miniature 
independent system. There are 500 miles of distribution mains and 
pipes and active filtration was begun February, 1909. The cost of the 
waterworks and filtration plant is $7,000,000. 

The sewerage sys- 
tem has been in opera- 
tion since October, 
1905, and of the 375 
miles projected, 305 
are completed. There 
are two main pumping 
stations and five sub- 
stations. The cost 
when completed, will 
be $5,500,000. 

The drainage plant 

of New Orleans was 

put into operation in 

.January, 1900, and when 

OLD ST. LOUIS CEMETERY. Completed, will cost 




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NEW ORLEANS. 




IN AUDUBON PARK. 



$15,000,000. The area 
drained is from the 
Mississippi River to 
Lake Pont char train, 
and from the upper 
protection levee to the 
lov/er parish line. 
There is a central 
power plant generating 
electricity for the oper- 
ation of seven pumping 
stations. There are 103 
miles of canals, twenty- 
three miles of tide-level 
out-fall canals and 



eighty miles of low- 
level canals. Of the 
latter, twenty miles are 
masonry- lined, five 
miles are wood-lined, 
remainder being open 
excavations. The lat- 
ter will eventually be 
masonry-lined, and in 
the built-up areas, will 
be covered. A total of 
45 per cent of the drain- 
age work has been 
completed. 




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A MIDWINTER PICNIC. 



THE CABILDO. 

CONVENTION CITY. 

As a city for the 
assembling of conven- 
tions of all sizes and 
all kinds, international, 
national, interstate and 
state, New Orleans has 
no superior. Accus- 
tomed for many years 
to handling huge 
crowds at carnival 
time, the people and 
the facilities are in a 
position to satisfy ev- 
ery demand. Especially 
is this true of recent 



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CITY HALL. 




PUBLIC WATER FILTRATION PLANT. 



NEW ORLEANS. 




SWINGING ON THE LIMBS. 



years, when three ho- 
tels, two of them of im- 
mense size, have been 
added, while one of the 
older hostelries has 
added an annex of simi- 
lar proportions. 

The great extent of 
interests in New Or- 
leans, her cosmopolitan 
people and habits, her 
wonderful variety and 
delightful cuisine, pecu- 
liar to New Orleans and 
no other city in the 



world, her innumerable 
opportunities for enjoy- 
ment (particularly open 
air) and the hospitality 
of her inhabitants, 
makes New Orleans a 
city of vital interest. 

The Convention Bu- 
reau of the New Or- 
leans Progressive Union 
invites correspondence 
with organizations plan- 
ning their annual meet- 
ings. 




METAIRIE CEMETERY ( MODERN ) , 




THE LAGOON, CITY PARK. 



HOTEL ACCOMMODA- 
TIONS. 

No city in the South 
and few in America 
have more ample or 
modern hotel accommo- 
dations than New Or- 
le.ans. Among the larg- 
est of these are the St. 
Charles, the Grune- 
wald and the Montele- 
one, all of fireproof con- 
struction and built with 
the particular idea of 
light and air. The ap- 



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OLD SPA.M.SII 1-OKT. 

pointments of these hotels and their service are superior in order 
and delightful to the tourist from other sections of the world. Their 
tables are supplied with the most abundant fish and game caught in 
the immediate vicinity of New Orleans, while the truck and fruit dis- 
tricts are an ever constant source of fresh supplies winter and summer. 




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OLD BEAUREGARD 

the city's entertain- 
ment facilities. 
FREE STOPOVERS 
FOR TRAVELERS. 
Every railroad and 
steamship line enter- 
ing New Orleans al- 
lows, without charge, a 
stopover of ten days on 
all classes of ticlcets. 
Notify the conductor 
of your desire to stay 
over and the accommo- 
dation will be given 
at once. 



The Hotel Dene- 
chaud, while not so 
large, is also new and 
up-to-date and similarly 
efficient in its cuisine. 
The Cosmopolitan is a 
place of note, its res- 
taurant being particu- 
larly a feature. The 
traveler via New Or- 
leans or the sojourner 
has a variety to select 
from and every ac- 
commodation that 
might be desired. In 
fact, the hotels of 
New Orleans are a 
conspicuous feature of 




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MARDI GRAS. 

To the average vis- 
itor "New Orleans" 
means "Mardi Gras." 

Mardi Gras is the 
French expression for 
Shrove Tuesday, which, 
being the day preced- 
ing Ash Wednesday, or 
the beginning of Lent, 
makes it easy to follow 
the analogy of its liter- 
al translation — Mardi, 
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is considered that, in 
its application, it also 
stands for the last day 
of the "Carnival;" the 
latter signifying in this 
same connection, "fare- 
well to flesh meat," and 
finding expression in 
gala days of revelry. 

Common usage in 
the case of the Mardi 
Gras at New Orleans 
has somewhat broad- 
ened its original appli- 
cation, so that, to at 




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least the layman, 
synonymous 
Carnival, except 
there is always 
Mardi Gras Day. which 
is not only the last day 
of the so-called Carni- 
val week, but the great 
day of them all. In it 
are culminated the 
grandest efforts, and 
the entire day is given 
up to a continuous 
round of gay pageants, 
masking and merrymak- 
ing, feasting and terp- 
sichorean assemblies. 
The mainsprings of 



activity of the Carnival 
festivities are the 
secret societies organ- 
ized for the sole pur- 
pose of celebrating the 
pre-Lenten period. The 
names of the principal 
of these societies are 
numerous, and of them 
Rex, Proteus, Comus 
au'l Momus are the four 
great organizations. 
The other mystic or- 
ganizations are: 




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Twelfth Night Revel- 
ers, Amphyctyons, 
Krewe of Nereus, 
Olympians, Falstaffi- 
ans, High Priests of 
Mithras, Elves of Ober- 
on and Atlanteans. 
Throughout these soci- 
eties there runs a won- 
derful system of organ- 
ization, as complete as 
that of a well-discip- 
lined army. Although 
co-operating to a single 
end, so secret are their 
proceedings that even 




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STEEL SHEDS ON WHARVES. 



the personnel of their 
membership is un- 
known outside the 
council chambers. But 
they work the whole 
year through (it is 
said, that as a pageant 
parades the streets, the 
work on that for the 
next year is actually in 
progress), and they 
spend for such pur- 
poses fabulous sums of 
money. The result is a 
brilliant succession of 
costumed tableaux, 
masked and unmasked 



balls and street pa- 
geants. The features 
of the latter are floats, 
or cars, on which is il- 
lustrated in spectacular 
gargeousness some 
well-chosen subject. 

The subjects of 
these pageants are 
changed every year, 
and are kept a pro- 
found secret until their 
actual appearance on 
the streets. A sufficient 
guarantee of their 




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splendor and 
intei'est for fu- 
ture seasons is 
their past re- 
putation and 
ttie citing of a 
few of the sub- 
jects that 
have been il- 
lustrated i n 
the gorgeous 
pageants o f 
the past: By 
Rex : The 
A r a b i a n 
Nights ; 
Realms of 
Flowers; Visions, Dreams and Legends; Chronicles from Fairyland. By 
Proteus: A Dream of Egypt; Tales of the Genii; Tales of Childhood; The 
Rubayiat. By Comus: LallaRookh; Scenes from Biblical History; Songs 
of Long Ago; Babylon, the Magnificent. ByMomus: A Dream of Fair Wo- 
men; The Passions; Paradise Lost; Scenes from Popular Poems. 

In one form or another the Mardi Gras festivities have been ob- 
served in New Orleans, although at broken intervals, for nearly three- 
quarters of a century; and continuously, each year, since the close of 




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the Civil War. It had its origin in the custom in olden times of Lou- 
isiana's planters and merchants looking to France, their mother coun- 
try, for their fashions, amusements and literature; one of the results 
of which was the introduction, in 1827, of the first grand street pro- 
cession of masqueraders in New Orleans by a number of young Creole 
gentlemen, some of them just returned from finishing a Parisian edu- 
cation. This was followed ten years later by one on a much larger 
and grander scale on the Mardi Gras of 1837; and from these the Carni- 
val method of festivity may be said to have been fully launched in the 
Crescent City. 

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activity and general festivity, culminating in the so-called Carnival 
week and reaching its height on Mardi Gras Day. On the day 
before Mardi Gras Day. Monday, comes Rex, King of the Carnival, ac- 
companied by his nobles and attendants in waiting, to his "much-be- 
loved Capital." His proclamation, long before posted throughout the 
country, and familiar to many, shows excellently the mock assumption 
of regal power, and the spirit in which the festivities of Mardi Gras 
are carried out and heartily received by the populace of New Orleans. 
Rex usually, although not necessarily, makes his journey to the city 
by way of the river on his "Royal Yacht," escorted by the "Royal 
Flotilla" — which royal yacht and royal flotilla vary, according to his 
whims, from private yachts to visiting war vessels of the United 




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States and foreign na- 
tions, with accompany- 
ing tugs and merchant 
steamers. The arrival 
of the gaily decorated 
flotilla, amid the boom- 
ing of cannon and the 
loud sounds of music, is 
to the stranger an in- 
teresting feature of 
Mardi Gras and should 
not be missed. On 
landing. Rex and his 
retinue, in brilliant mil- 
itary and civic proces- 
sion, escorted by his especially selected body-guard — usually some 
crack military organization, visiting or local — proceeds to the City 
Hall, where he receives the keys of the city. From then on his rule 
is absolute, and his "royal standard of purple, green and gold" waves 
over the city in token of his sovereignty. In the evening of the 
same day, Monday, occurs the tableau ball of the Krewe of Proteus, 
at the French Opera House, preceded by its grand pageant on the 
streets. 



AT THE SUGAR LANDING. 




JETTIES AND LIGHTHOUSE AT MOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 



NEW ORLEAXS. 



29 



HE next day, Mardi Gras Day, 
brings the masking on the 
streets and a general spirit of 
revelry, also the daylight page- 
ant of Rex, and the evening 
pageant of the Mystic Krewe of 
Comus, the latter followed by 
)a grand Comus ball at the 
French Opera House, and the 
Rex ball; or, as announced, 
"\ JF5 ■'" 1 "grand reception at the Imperial 
\Jr** Palace by the King and Queen 

of the Carnival and Royal 
Party, and ball in the Palace ad- 
joining the Throne Room of the 
Imperial P a 1 a c e." Then, of 
course, there are numerous 
other balls and entertainments 
throughout the city. 
Rex and his queen — for at the social functions he is accompanied 
by his queen, whose crown and jewels have been on public exhibition 







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30 



XEW ORLEANS. 



for days before — Rex and 
his queen, after their re- 
ception is over and the Rex 
ball is fairly launched, go 
to the French Opera House, 
as a matter of courtesy, it 
is presumed, to King Co- 
mus — for Comus, too, is a 
king. This ball, the Comus 
ball at the French Opera 
House, is the elite affair of 
the Carnival — "the essence 
and pinnacle of interest in 
all the ceremonies of Mar- 
di Gras." At it the extrem- 
est of full dress is exacted, 
and the ladies are only al- 
lowed to be seated during 
the period preceding the 
general dancing, the gen- 
tlemen standing in the 
background. First come 
spectacular groupings, or 
tableaux, of the costumed 
maskers from off the floats 
of the street parade, after 
which the music strikes up 
the first notes of the lanc- 
ers. Then the maskers 
leave the stage, each select- 
ing from the dress circle 
the lady of his choice, they 
return with them to the 
stage, where, led by the 
King and Queen, they 
dance the figures of the 
old-time Southern lancers. 
At its conclusion masks 
and costumes disappear 
and the general dancing 
begins. 



FUTURE jNJARDI GRAS DATES. 



1910, Feb. 8. 

1911, Feb. 28. 

1912, Feb. 4. 

1913, Feb. 4. 

1914, Feb. 24. 



1915, Feb. 16. 

1916, Mar. 7. 

1917, Feb. 20. 

1918, Feb. 12. 

1919, Mar. 4. 




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THE FRENCH QUARTER. 

(Competent guides may be obtained by iuquirinj; at liotels, railroad offices or 
I'rogressive Union, Telephone Main 1099.) 

To the visitor the French Quarter is naturally the most interesting. 
The old quarter is bounded by the river, Canal, Rampart and Esplanade 
avenue, and here are to be found the quaint and massive old French and 
Spanish houses, the wide, paved courtyards with tropical vegetation and 
flowers, the antique stores, famous restaurants, quaint shops possessed 
by quaint people, nearly all speaking the French language in preference 
to English. 

Canal street is the dividing line between the French and American 

Quarters. The French 
is "downtown" — to the 
north. This is due to 
the fact that the Mis- 
sissippi River, as it 
passes the head of 
Canal street, flows di- 
rectly north. Hence the 
residents speak of "up- 
town" and "downtown" 
instead of north and 
s u t h — a point well 
worth remembering in 
going about the city. 

In the French 
Quarter are located the 
greater portion of the 
historical buildings and 
sites which are enumer- 
ated elsewhere. 

ANT4QUE SHOPS. 

The young French 
colony of New Orleans 
attracted many of the 
foremost families of 
France, and they 
brought with them 
thousands of articles of 
art, virtu and embellish- 
ment of the nobles and their followers, who sought fame and additional 
riches in the land of the Mexican Gulf. 

Hundreds of families cherished their treasures as the only thing 
remaining to tell of the days when La Belle France had been their 
home, and to their children they bequeathed the gentle reminders of 
bygone days, with the injunction to keep them forever. But time re- 
moved the cherished traditions which, together with the growing needs 




I'KKSIDENT TAFT AXD PKKSIDEXT WEKLEIX, OF THE 
PROGRESSIVE UNION, AT MIDWINTER GOLF. 



34 



XEW ORLEANS. 



of the owners and the 
wheels of fortune chang- 
ing continually, brought a 
large number of these 
treasures into the hands 
of second-hand dealers and 
the showcases of the col- 
lectors of antiques. 

It is in the quaint old 
French portion of the city 
that the newcomer natur- 
ally seeks the shops of the 
dealers in odd things, and 
it is here that they are 
found. Not numerous, the 
supply being small and the 
antiques real, for there is 
no factory making New 
Orleans antiques. These 
shops may be found in 
Royal, Bourbon and Char- 
tres streets, in the vicinity 
of Canal street. 

SHOPPING IN NEW 
ORLEANS. 

No city in the South 
and few cities in America 
boast finer opportunities to 
gladden the feminine fan- 
cy, for among the great 
department and millinery 
stores the variety is un- 
ending. Importations are 
largely direct from Paris, 
many of the establishments 
having permanent branches 
there, and the modistes of 
New Orleans are cele- 
brated for their elegance 
and style. The retail dis- 
trict is principally along 
either side of Canal street. 
in the center of the city, 
and within immediate 
walking distance of all the 
hotels. 




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35 



OUTDOORS IN NEW ORLEANS. 

New Orleans, by reason of its open winters, is the place par excel- 
lence for outdoor sports, and is abundantly equipped for the enjoyment 
of such votaries. There are two golf clubs, several tennis clubs, nu- 




ArrOMOIULE RACING. 




AUTOIIOAT KAtl.M. OX LAKK POXTCIIAiailAl N . 



36 



XEW ORLEAXS. 




POLO AT CITY PARK. 




A CRACK GULlEii. 



A CHAMPION TEXNIS PLAYER. 



NEW ORLEAXS. 



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merous rowing 
clubs, splendid 
yacht clubs 
for both sail- 
ing and motor- 
boating, an au- 
tomobile club, 
baseball and 
football, bas- 
ketball, track 
and field 
sports, canoe- 
ing, a p o 1 o - 
club, athletic 
clubs, with 
salt - water 
plunge baths. 
The visitor is 
hospitably en- 
tertained, and some friend may always be had to obtain privileges of 
the private clubs. 

FISHING AND HUNTING. 
Nowhere else in America are the disciples of Izaak Walton and 
Nimrod likely to find the peculiar combination of advantages possessed 
by the immediate vicinity of New Orleans for fishing and hunting. 




SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB AT WEST EXD. 



»*»iiiiM'Kwa><— MMMiaitfcF 




BOWIXG REGATTA AT WEST END. 



38 



XEW ORLEAXS. 



The hundreds of lakes, 
bays, bayous, lagoons and 
streams of fresh or salt water 
surrounding the city offer the 
rarest sport for the duck hunter 
in winter-time, and either fresh 
or deep-sea-fishing may be had. 
Wild turkey, quail, doves, snipe, 
[(lover, papabotte, geese and the 
mallard, teal, spoonbill, pintail, 
canvasback, redhead, ringed- 
neck and other varieties of duck 
abound in great numbers. There 
are innumerable private or pub- 
lic clubs which afford entertain- 
ment and facilities for the visit- 
or, and the exhilarating sport of 
hooking the great fighting tar- 
pon, jack-fish and "leaping" 
shark is found all along the 
Mississippi Sound, or nearer in 
the passes between the lakes and 
the sound. Big game, such as 
bear, deer, panther, "bob-cats," 
as well as opossums, raccoons, rabbits and squirrels, may be had, and 
even an occasional alligator. In a ride of less than one hour from New 
Orleans the visitor is in a sportsman's paradise. Speckled and green 
trout, sheepshead, pompano, buffalo, sunfish, redfish, red snapper, drum. 




BASEBALL ALL THE YEAR. 




TULAXE GOING AROUXD THE END. 



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black and striped bass, Spanish maclverel, perch and croakers abound 
everywliere. Mucli of tliis sport can be obtained at the very city 
limits of New Orleans (for the parish and the city are one and 
the same), making New Orleans literally a sportsman's Mecca and 
metropolis. 




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40 



NEW ORLEANS. 




UKKAKIXG THE SOUTHERN MILE RECORD. 

CREOLE COFFEE. MOLASSES AND BEVERAGES. 

In addition to many otlier distinctive attributes, New Orleans is noted tlie 
world over for the exquisite quality of her Creole or French dripped coffee — the 
genuine, aromatic, delectable cup so rare elsewhere and yet so common In every 
household, hotel and restaurant in New Orleans. 




POLE-VAULTIXG. 



\E\y ORLEAXS. 



41 




PLEASURE YACHTING. 



Genuine Louisiana 
molasses is another home- 
grown and home manufac- 
tured article which sur- 
passes in taste and quality 
the syrups of this or any 
other country 

New Orleans is noted 
among good livers for nu- 
merous other special bev- 
erages of an unique na- 
ture. The famous Creole 
gin fizz, the Creole cock- 
tail and the Creole ab- 
sinthe anisette are among 
(he most noted, while the 
brulo is an after-dinner 
concoction of Just celeb- 
rity. 



Recipes From the 
Creole Court of 
Cooks. 

The celebrity of the 
dinner tendered President 
William Howard Taft by 
the citizens of New Or- 
leans, at the Hotel Grune- 
wald, under the auspices 
of the New Orleans Pro- 
gressive Union, in 1909, 
resounded to the farthest 
corners of the earth ; and, 
generous of her accom- 
plishments. New Orleans 
is willing to take the 
whole world into her con- 
fidence as to the manner 
of preparation of these 





OFF FOR A CHRISTMAS CRUISE. 



CANOEIXCi OX LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. 



famous dishes, designed, 
as they were, especially for 
the First Gentleman in the 
Land. 

The day being Friday, 
a lish dinner was in order. 
Here New Orleans is at its 
best, for with the great 
fish and oyster-producing 
waters of I^akes Pontchar- 
train and Borgne, many 
bayous, and the bays, in- 
lets and banks of the 
Mexican Gulf to draw 
from there is a marvelous 
variety of the finest fish 
in the world availaljle. 



XEW ORLEAXK. 




BATHING ON THE GULF COAST. 




NIP-AXD-TUCK. 



To the un- 
initiated tlie 
menu of the 
dishes served at 
this dinner 
would be mean- 
ingless save for 
the reputation 
enjoyed by the 
cooks of New 
Orleans who 
cooked it. A 
better idea, how- 
ever, may be 
gathered from 
the following re- 
cipes gained from 
the celebrated 
''Court of 
Cook s." w h o 
parted with 
their inmost 
secrets. These are the 
component parts of their 
liest dishes. There is an 
art about the thing that 
cannot be reduced to writ- 
ing, but, by following di- 
rections closely, any good 
cook who can appreciate 
Latin temperament may 
produce any of the dishes 
given below with a fair 
degree of success. 

Bouillabaisse. 

Six slices of red snap- 
per, six slices of redfish, 
one-half bottle of white 
wine, one-half lemon, six 
large, fresh tomatoes,- 
three onions, one herb 



bouquet, tliree cloves of 
garlic, three bay leaves, 
three sprigs of thyme, 
three sprigs of parsley, six 
allspices, two tablespoon- 
fuls of olive oil, one good, 
strong pinch of saffron : 
salt, pepper and cayenne 
to taste. 

This is the dish that 
drew from Thackeray that 
famous tribute to Creole 
cookery : "In New Orleans 
you can eat a bouillabaisse, 
the like of which was 
never eaten in Marseilles 




RK(iATTA OX LAKK POXTCHARTRAIX. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



43 



or Paris." The reason is clear; for in those old French cities the bouillabaisse Is 
made from the flsh of the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, notably the sturgeon 
and the perch combined, while in New Orleans it is made from those matchless 
fish of the Gulf of Mexico, the red snapper and the redflsh (poisson rouge). It 
will be noticed that it takes two kinds of flsh to make a bouillabaisse. The first 
bouillabaisse was made in Marseilles, and the old Creole tradition runs that it 
was the discovery of two sailor fishermen, who were disputing as they were in 
the schooner as to the proper way of cooking a sturgeon and a perch combined. 
One succeeded in making a delightful dish that would have gladdened the heart 
of any old French "bon vivant." The other failed. The successful one enthusi- 
astically offered to teach his friend, and as the latter was following the directions 
implicitly and the finishing touches were being given to the dish, the teacher, see- 
ing that the critical and important moment had come when the flsh must be 



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TENNIS ON THE SHORE OF MISSISSIPPI SOUND. 



taken from the flre or it would be spoiled if cooked a moment longer, cried out, 
bringing down his hand emphatically : "Et quand ca commence a bouillir — 
baisse!'' Hence, the name "bouillabaisse" which was given to the dish from that 
moment. From all portions of Europe people go to Marseilles to eat a "bouilla- 
baisse" on the seashore. 

The taste of the bouillabaisse still lingered in the mouths of the old French- 
Creole settlers of New Orleans. The famous old chefs sought two fish from the 
waters of the Mexican Gulf that might be used in the making of the dish with 
a reasonable hope of success. They chose the red snapper and the redflsh. The 
result is told in Thackeray's tribute. The Creole bouillabaisse, with the modifl- 
cations and improvements that early ingenuity suggested, is a dish that was the 
standing offering in ante-bellum days to every distinguished Parisian or foreigner 
that visited New Orleans. Its reputation is sustained by the Creole cuisinieres of 
our own day. It is made as follows : 

First cut off the head of the red snapper and boil it in about one and a half 
quarts of water, so as to make a fish stock. I'ut one sliced onion and a herb bou- 
quet, consisting of thyme and bay leaf, into the water. When reduced to one pint, 



44 



XEW ORLEANS. 






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take out the head of the 
fish and the herb bouquet 
and strain the water and 
set it aside for use later 
on. 

Take six slices of red- 
fish and six slices of red 
snapper of equal sizes and 
rub well with salt and pep- 
per. Mince three sprigs of 
thyme, three sprigs of 
parsley, three bay leaves 
and three cloves of garlic, 
very, very fine, and take 
six allspice and grind them 
very fine, and mix thor- 
oughly with the minced 
herbs and garlic. Then take 
each slice of fish and rub 
well with this mixture till 
every portion is permeated 
by the herbs, spice and 
garlic. They must be, as 
it were, soaked into the 
flesh, if you would achieve the success of this dish. Take two tablespoonfuls of 
fine olive oil and put into a very large pan, so large that each slice of the fish 
may be put in without one piece overlapping the other. Chop two onions very 
fine and add them to the heating oil. Lay the flsh slice by slice in the pan, and 
cover, and let them "etoufEe," or smother, for about ten minutes, turning once 
over so tjat each side may cook partly. Then take the flsh out of the pan and 
set the slices in a dish. Pour a half bottle of white wine into a pan and stir 
well. Add six large fresh tomatoes, sliced very fine, and let them boil well. Then 
add half a lemon, cut in very thin slices, and pour over a pint of the liquor in 
which the bead of the snapper was boiled. Season well to taste with salt, pepper 
and a dish of cayenne. I-et it boil until very strong and till reduced almost one- 
half ; then lay the fish, slice by slice, apart one from the other, in the pan, and 
let boil five minutes. In the meantime have prepared one good pinch of saffron. 




OUT FOE A SAIL. 




SEEING NEW ORLEANS II.VRI30R. 



NEW 0/?LEA.V.S. 



chopped very fine. Set it 
in a small, deep dish and 
add a little of the sauce in 
which the flsh is boiling to 
dissolve well. When well 
melted and when the flsh 
has been just five minutes 
in the pan, spread the saf- 
fron over the top of the 
flsh. Take out of the pan, 
lay each slice on toast, 
which has been fried in 
butter ; pour the sauce 
over, and serve hot imme- 
diately, and you will have 
a dish that Lucullus would 
have envied. 

Gumbo Nouvelle 
Orleans. 

To a chicken add half 
a pound knuckle of ham ; 
chop up both in one-inch 
pieces and fry them brown 
in two tablespoonfuls of 
boiling lard ; add to them 
four large crabs cut up, 
two dozen oysters and a 
pound of peeled shrimp ; 
cut into this four dozen 
small okra pods, one large 
onion, a little red pepper, 
and salt to taste. Let all 
simmer on a slow flre for 
about twenty minutes ; 
then flll up with warm 
water, enough to cover 
the contents two inches 
deep. Let this boil for 
two hours. Serve with 
Louisiana steamed rice. 

Poulet Creole. 

Here you have a dish 
for which any old Creole 
of New Orleans would go 
on foot from Carrollton to 
the Barracks, a distance of 
fifteen miles, merely to get 
a taste of : 

Two very fine chick- 
■ens, two tablespoonfuls of 
butter, two tablespoonfuls 
of flour, six large fresh 
tomatoes, six fresh, sweet, 
green peppers, two cloves 
of garlic, three large 
onions, three sprigs each 
of thyme and parsley, two 
i)ay leaves, one pint con- 




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NEW ORLEAXS. 




ANGLIXCi 1(IK SHKEPSHEAD. 




IN A DUCK BLIND. 



somme or lioiling water. 
Salt and pepper to taste. 
Take two spring 
chickens and clean nicely 
and cut into pieces at the 
joints. Season well with 
salt and pepper. Put two 
tablespoonfuls of butter 
into a stewpan, and, when 
it melts, add the chicken. 
Let this brown slowly for 
a good five minutes. Have 
loady three large onions 
sliced. Add these to the 
chickens and let them 
brown. Every inch must 
be nicely browned, but not 
in the sliglitest degree 
burned. Add two table- 
spoonfuls of flour ; let this 
bi'own. Then add a half 
dozen large, fresh toma- 
toes nicely sliced, and let 
these brown. Cook very 
slowly, allowing the mix- 
ture to simply simmer. 
Add chopped parsley,. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



47 



thyme and bay 
leaf, and t \v d 
cloves of garlic 
flnelj' minced. Let 
all brown witlio-it 
burning. Cover 

and let it smoth- 
er over a slow 
but steady tire. 
The tomato .juice 
will make suffi- 
cient gravy as 
yet. Add a half 
dozen green pep- 
pers (sweet), tak- 
ing the seeds out 
before adding and 
slicing the pep- 
pers very fine. 
Stir well. Let all 
smother steadily 
for twenty min- 
utes at least, 
keeping well cov- 
ered and stirring 
occasionally. 

When well smothered, add one cup of consomme. Let it cook again for a full 
hour, very, very slowly over a very steady fire, and season again to taste. Cook 
ten minutes and serve hot. 




DEER HUNTI^JG. 



Casburgot Chambord. 

A fine sheepshead, three pounds in weight ; two dozen oysters, one-half can 
mushrooms, three large tomatoes, one cup of stale bread, three sprigs each of 
thyme and parsley, two bay leaves, six allspice, three cloves, one bottle white 
wine, salt and pepper. 

Clean and wash the sheepshead carefully. Cut a space six inches square on 
the surface of the upper side of the fish, and carefully remove the skin within 
the inclosed space. Then lard this space closely with very fine larding needles, 
and fill in with spice, thyme, clove and hay leaf, all minced very fine. Rub thor- 
oughly inside and outside with salt. Make a good stuffing by taking one dozen 
oysters, one cup of stale bread crumbs, wet and squeeze of all water ; one large 
onion, chopped very fine ; a half tablespoonful of salt and black pepper to taste. 




AFTER THE GREEN TROUT. 



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NEW ORLHANS. 




QUAIL SHOOTING. 




A MONSTER SIIAKK OF THE MEXICAN GULF. 



Mix well and fry iu a pan 
with a tablespoonful of 
butter. Stuff the body of 
the fish and sew up with 
soft thread. Lard well and, 
after rubbing thoroughly 
with the lard, place iu the 
oven. Pour over, immedi- 
ately, a bottle of white 
wine, and let the flsh bake 
well in the wine. In the 
meantime, prepare the fol- 
lowing sauce : Take one 
large tablespoonful of but- 
ter, one large, chopped 
onion, one sprig of thyme, 
one bay leaf. Brown the 
onions in butter, being 
careful not to burn, and 
put in three large toma- 
toes. Add the chopped 
herbs, brown, and add the 
pint of oyster-water, which 
has been heated with 
blanching the oysters. 
(Blanching means to place 
the oysters on the Are in 
their own water and heat 
thoroughly without boil- 
ing.) Season the sauce 
with pepper and salt to 
taste. Put the fish in the 
dish in v^-hich it is to be 
served and garnish with the 
oysters, placing them over 
the flsh and mingling be- 
tween about ten fresh Cre- 



NEW ORLEAXl^. 



49 




ole mushrooms After garnishing the fish nicely, pour the sauce over all and set 
in the oven a fev\' minutes longer and serve hot. 




A M "RMXG'S ( ATCH of TARPON AND JACK-1-ISH AT PASS CHRISTIAN. 



50 



XEW ORLEANS. 




CRAWFISHING. 




CUTTING CANE NEAR NEW ORLEANS. 



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51 








COTTON PICKING NEAR MONROE. 




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52 



NEW ORLEANS. 




GREAT SULPHUR MINES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 



POINTS OF INTEREST. 
Below Canal Street. 

(Competent guides may be obtained by inquiry at hotels, railroad offices or Pro- 
gressive Union, Phone, Main 1999.) 

The Cabildo — Here the transfer of the Province of Louisiana from France 
to the United States occurred December 20, 1803. The old Spanish Court build- 
ings. Opposite Jackson Square. Levee and Barracks or French Market cars. 

St. Lodis Cathedral — One of the earliest Roman Catholic churches in 
Louisiana ; several times burned and present building erected in 1794. Levee 
and Barracks or French Market cars. 




SALT MINE.«; AT WKEK S LSL.\.\U. 



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53 




A MODEL LUMBER TOWN. 

French Market — Here may be obtained fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, 
game, etc., in wonderful variety. One of tbe world's famous market places, 
occupying four city blocks. Levee and Barracks or French Market cars. 

Oyster Lugger Landing- — To this river landing come the luggers bearing 
oysters from the many lakes of the lower coast, the most succulent oysters in 
America. Levee and Barracks or French Market cars. 

United States Mint — Esplanade avenue and Decatur streets. A good 
quantity of the silver and fractional currency of the country is minted here. 
Levee and Barracks or French Market cars. 

United States Naval Station — In Algiers, across the river. The largest 
steel floating dock in the world is located here. 




MILLIONS OF FEET OF LUMBEB. 



54 



NEW ORLEANS. 




CATTLE RAISING IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA. 



Haunted House — Royal and Hospital streets, occupied at different times 
by Lafayette, Marshal Ney and Louis Philippe. Clio or Carondelet cars down 
Bourbon street. 

Beaueegakd's Home — Chartres street, between LTrsuline and Barracks, op- 
posite Archbishopric. Once the home of the noted Confederate General. Levee 
and Barracks or French Market cars. 

ARCHBiSHornic — Erected in 1727 for the LTrsulines Nuns, nine years after 
the founding of New Orleans. Levee and Barracks or French Market cars. 

New Courthouse of white marble. Royal, Chartres, Conti, St. Louis. 
Three blocks below Canal street. Cost .$2,000,000. 

Napoleon's House — Chartres and St. Louis streets. Erected to receive the 
Prisoner of St. Helena, who, in 1831, was to have been rescued by French patri- 
ots of New Orleans. Before their vessel reached St. Helena Napoleon died. 
Barracks or French Market cars. 

Hotel Royal 
— At Royal and 
St. Louis Sts., 
formerly known 
as the St. Louis 
Hotel and built 
in 1816, at a 
cost of iFl,.".00,- 
000. In the 
seventies this 
hotel was 
bouglit liy the 
State and used 
by it until the 
c a p i t o 1 was 
moved to Baton 
Rouge. States- 
men, royalty 
and famous 
men were ban- 




BARGELOADS OF OYSTERS. 



XEW ORLEANS. 



55 




BRINGING OYSTERS IX. 



queted in this place, Dom Pedro, 
Emperor of Brazil, and afterwards 
his grandson, being among its guests. 
Grand Duke Alexander of Russia was 
a guest in 1872. General Boulanger 
was a visitor before his famous at- 
tempt to overthrow the French Re- 
public. Henry Clay was banqueted 
here at a cost of $20,000, and our 
late President, William McKinley, 
was entertained here on his visit to 
New Orleans while Governor of 
Ohio. On the ground floor, under 
the dome, are left some remem- 
brances of ante-bellum days, for here 
it was that the slave mart had its 
headquarters, and the block where 
slaves were auctioned is still there. 
Levee and Barracks, French Market, 
Clio or Carondelet cars. 

Feench Opera House — Bour- 
bon and Toulouse streets, five blocks 
below Canal street. Some of the 
most noted singers and troupes of 
the world have appeared here. Ade- 
lina Patti made her American debut 
on its stage. Clio or Carondelet 
cars. 

Convent of the Sisters of the Holy F.\>iilv — Orleans street, between 
Royal and Bourbon. I'nique as one of the two negro nunneries in the United 
States. The famous Orleans Theatre, where the remarkable Octoroon balls were 
held, once occupied this ground. Clio or Carondelet cars down Bourbon 
street. 

Old St. Louis Cemetery — On Basin, three blocks below Canal street. Oldest 
cemetery in the city. Many of the Spanish and French colonists, some of royal 
blood, are buried there. 

St. Rock's Cemetery is especially dear to the Creole Catholics, who make 
pilgrimages to the shrine to pray for things desired. Villere or Claiborne 
cars. 

Old Absinthe House — Bourbon and Bienville streets, two blocks below 
Canal street. Famous as the one-time headquarters of the famous pirate Lafitte. 

O'Reilly's Headquarters — 
Where the bloodthirsty Spanish Cap- 
tain-General lived in 1700. St. 
Claude and Hospital streets. Es- 
planade Belt cars to Rampart and 
Hospital streets. 

Congo Square — Rampai-t. St. 
Peter, St. Ann and St. Claude 
streets. Here were held bullfights 
in the Spanish regime and voudou 
dances in slavery days. Esplanade 
P.elr cars. 

CiTV Park — A beautiful park 
belonging to the City of New Or- 
leans, located on Metairie Road, 
near Canal. It contains one hun- 
dred and sixty acres, laid out with 




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NEW Oi: LEANS. 




A LOUISIANA OIL FIELD. 



pretty walks, flower beds, 
and with a chain of arti- 
ficial lakes running 
through it. It also has 
a grove of live-oak trees 
festooned with gray Span- 
ish moss, which is said 
to be the finest in the 
world. For many years 
this grove was the favorite 
dueling grounds of the 
city. Canal or Esplanade 
Belt cars. 

Spanish Fort — A small 
village with pleasant gar- 
dens, situated on Lake 
Pontchartrain, at the 
mouth of Bayou St. John, 
where General Jackson landed in 1814. This historic place is reached by walk- 
ing, driving or motor boat. One may alight from the Esplanade Belt car at the 
bridge where it crosses Bayou St. John, follow the white shell road along the 
clear winding stream and enjoy a glimpse of Holland, for the wide flats and the 
sails of the oyster luggers form a pretty picture as they move in and out with 
the tortuous stream. Spanish Fort, on the lake front, two and one-half miles 
distant, is one of the most picturesque spots in New Orleans and is in process of 
complete rehabilitation. The New Orleans Railways & Light Company will run 
a trolley line, and pavilions, walks, restaurants and vaudeville amusement will be 
established. Just across Bayou St. John from Spanish Fort is the famous Noy's 
restaurant made famous by Thackeray, who declared the bouillabaisse there to 
be finer than that of Marseilles. 

Old Soldiers' Home — Camp Nicholls is situated on Bayou St. John, is five 
minutes" walk from Esplanade avenue, and here live veterans of the Confeder- 
acy who are old, poor and decrepit — sad and silent reminders of the Civil War. 
Esplanade or Canal Belt cars. 

Metairie Cemetery is the handsomest in the city. It contains many beau- 
tiful monuments, among which may be mentioned those of General Albert Sidney 
Johnson and General Stonewall Jackson, also the tombs of the Army of 
Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee. In the vicinity of Metairie are 
Greenwood, Odd Fellows' Rest, Firemen's and others. Canal or Esplanade Belt cars. 

Chalmette Cemetery 
is located near the old his- 
toric battlefield where the 
Battle of New Orleans was 
fought between the British 
and American forces on 
January 8, 1815. The Dau- 
phine car will take passen- 
gers within a short dis- 
tance of the entrance. This 
is a national cemetery 
tastefully laid out and 
beautifully kept. 

U. S. Barracks — The 
United States soldiers are 
stationed here, and visitors 
are hospitably entertained. 
The Barracks are located 
at the end of the Dau- 
phine car line. 








WHERE TABASCO 



SAUCE IS 
IBERIA. 



MADE AT NEW 



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NATURAL GAS WELL NEAR SHREVEPORT. 



West End — This place, often called the Coney Island of the South, is 
situated on. Lake Pontchartrain at the mouth of the New Basin Canal. It is the 
lake resort of the city, where thousands of people spend their evenings during the 
summer. Here are located a hotel, pavilion and restaurant, band-stand, club- 
houses, beautiful 
gardens and oth- 
er attractions. 
West End is the 
breathing spot of 
the city, and is 
shortly to be im- 
proved at a large 
expense, many 
additions be ing 
made which will 
make it one of 
the finest plea- 
sure resorts in 
the country. 
West End cars. 

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ABOVE CANAL STREET. 




A ROAD IN THE "CZDNE BELT." 

lishtful park, with walks aud 
benches, bisecting a residence por- 
tion of the city. 

Lee Circle — Where St. Charles 
street and St. Charles and Howard 
avenues join. On a grassy mound 
stands a colossal marble shaft sur- 
mounted by the bronze heroic-sized 
statue of General Robert E. Lee, of 
the Confederate Army. 

New Orleans Library — Do- 
nated l)y Andrew Carnegie. Lee Cir- 
cle and St. Charles avenue. 

Loui.siANA State Mu.seum 730 

Carondelet street. An interesting 
exhibition of the natural products 
and manufactures of the State. Coli- 
seum, Clio, Carondelet, Annunciation 
and Henry Clay avenue ears. 

AuDrBON Park— The largest 
park in New Orleans ; contains 250 
acres ; formerly the site of the Cot- 
ton States Exposition, held in 1884. 
This park is celebrated for its grove 
of magnificent live-oak trees draped 
with gray Spanish moss. Has pretty 
driveways and one of the largest 
conservatories in the world. Oppo- 



LiBERTY Place— Head of Canal 
Street, where the White League riot 
occurred in which the citizens de- 
feated the Federal police, some 
eighteen prominent men being slain, 
on September 14, 1874. 

Lafayette Square — Camp, St. 
Charles, North and South streets, live 
blocks from Canal. Statues of Ben- 
jamin Franklin, Henry Clay and John 
McDonogh. The latter bequeathed 
large sums to public education, and 
nearly all the New Orleans public 
schools are named after him. The 
City Hall and Progressive Union face 
the square on opposite sides. Also 
site for new Postoffice on Camp 
street. 

Margaret Place — Intersection 
Camp and Prytania streets. First 
statue ever erected in the United 
States to a woman. A tribute to 
Margaret Haughery, a plain baker 
and milk woman who accumulated a 
large fortune and gave the greater 
portion to the children of the poor. 
Coliseum Place — A long, de- 




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NEW ORLEANS. 



59 



site one entrance is Tulane 
University, ("an be reached 
by Tehonpitonlas, Maga- 
zine, Coliseum, Henry Clay, 
Peters avenue, Prytania, 
St. Charles Belt or Tulane 
Belt cars. 

AV.i.TERWOEKS .\XD FIL- 
TRATION Plant — Cost $7,- 
000,000 and gives New Or- 
leans crystal, clear and 
pure, high-pressure water. 
The largest and most mod- 
ern in the world. St. 
Charles or Tulane Belt 
cars to Spruce street. 

Howard Memorial — 
Confederate Battle Abbey, 
where are contained sou- 
venirs, battle fla 




OAK GROVE ON THE TCHEFUNCTA. 
nd historical relics of the Civil War. 



EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 

TuLAXE University — St. Charles avenue, opposite Audubon I'ark. St. 
Charles or Tulane Belt cars. 

H. Sophie Newcoxib College — Washington avenue, Camp, Chestnut and 
Sixth streets. It is here the celebrated Newcomb Art Pottery is made. Prytania 
or Coliseum cars. 

SOME INTERESTING TROLLEY RIDES. 

(All cars center on Canal street. Universal transfers, except between Belts and 

West End lines.) 

The Esplanade Belt runs along Canal street to Rampart, turning into North 
Rampart until Esplanade avenue is reached ; out Esplanade until Bayou St. John 
is crossed, then along City Park to Canal and Canal back to the city. 

In this ride can be seen the aristocratic streets and avenues of the latter 
Creole days, with many handsome residences and spacious grounds. 

Along this route the Fair Grounds and Race Tracks can be reached ; also 

the famous Jockey Club, 
with its beautiful and 
handsome structure. 

Over the bridge of the 
old Bayou St. John the car 
passes to the Country 
Club ; then the beautiful 
oaks of the City Park can 
be seen, stately and grand, 
with tufts of gray moss 
hanging from their enor- 
mous branches and cover- 
ing over eighty acres of 
the park. 

The car soon reaches 
the various cemeteries ; 
then turning into Canal 
street, lands one in the 
heart of the city after an 
hour's most interesting 
ride. 




NATIONAL CEMETICRY 



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NEW ORLEANS. 



The Canal Belt traverses the same route in the opposite direction. 

The St. Charles Belt starting on Canal street, turns into Baronne ; out 
this busy street to Howard avenue, then past Lee Circle into St. Charles avenue, 
out this beautiful avenue, past Tulane University, to Carrollton, along Carrollton 
to Tulane, then to South Rampart and back into Canal. 

This ride carries one something over ten miles through some of the pretti- 
est and most fashionable parts of the city St. Charles avenue varies in width, 
averaging about one hundred and thirty feet, having in the center a grassy strip 
known as the "Neutral Ground," bordered for most of its length by rows of 
trees. On either side of this are roadways for vehicles, the cars being operated 
on the Neutral Ground. 




STATE CAPITOL AT BATON EOUGE. 



The most magnificent structures, the residences of wealthy and influential 
citizens, are located along this route, each with its large garden of tropical 
plants and yard full of flowers At St. Charles and Lee Circle is the new build- 
ing of the New Orleans Public Library ; St. Charles and Clio, the Athenaeum ; 
and, further out, on the corner of Jackson, is the white marble home of the 
Harmony Club. 

The car then passes Rosa I'ark, Tulane University, Audubon Place, a resi- 
dence park, where there are a number of fine residences, Audubon Park and the 
Golf Links being near by, soon reaching Carrollton avenue ; then Tulane avenue, 
to Athletic Park ; past the Hotel Dieu, a private hospital ; Charity Hospital, the 
Parish Court House, into South Rampart and back to Canal. 

The Tulane Belt traverses the same route in the opposite direction. 

^Yest End Line makes the most delightful suburban ride out of New Or- 
leans. The West End electric express trains start from the corner of Canal and 
Baronne, running along Canal to the cemeteries, past the Half-Way House, along 
the New Basin Canal and Shell Road to West End, on Lake Pontcliartrain. This 
ride covers about fifteen miles. 



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61 



SIGHT-SEEING FACILITIES. 

To the visitor and resident alike are afforded ample conveniences for "seeing 
New Orleans." There are public automobiles in plenty in addition to the street 
car service, while on the river large excursion steamboats make daily and nightly 
trips "seeing the harbor," which is one of the most magnificent in America. 

Those seeking open-air diversion on Lake I'ontchartrain will likewise find 
excursion steamers plying from West End and Milneburg, some making short trips 
only, others crossing the lake, twenty-five miles, to the lakeside hamlets of St. 
Tammany Parish, and up the beautiful, mirror-like Tchefuncta River, once or 
twice a day. 

Competent and experienced guides are easily to be had upon inquiry at the 
hotels. 





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THEATRES. 

Crescent Theatre — Baronne and Common. Road companies. 
Daupiiine Theatre — Bienville and Dauphine. Stock company. 
French Opera House — Bourbon and Toulouse. Opera. 
Green WALL Theatre — Iberville and Dauphine. Road companies. 
Lyric Theatre — Iberville and Burgundy. Stock company. 
New Shubert Theatre — Baronne between Lafayette and Toydras. Road 
companies and vaudeville. 

Orpheum — 432 St. Charles street. Vaudeville. 

Tulane Theatre — Baronne and Common. Road companies. 

Winter Garden — Baronne, between Lafayette and Poydras. Vaudeville. 



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HOTELS. 

St. Charles — St. Charles, between Gravier and Common. 
New Grunewald — Baronne and University Place, near Canal. 
New Denechaud — Baronne and Perdido. 
Cosmopolitan — Royal and Bourbon, near Canal. 
Monteleone — Royal and Iberville. 
The Inn — Carondelet and Perdido. 



RESTAURANTS. 

Above Canal Street. 

Fabacher's — 117 St. Charles. 

Grunewald"s — Baronne Ijetween Canal and Common. 

Lamothe's — 720 Gravier. 

Denechaud — Baronne and Perdido. 

Maylie's — Men only ; 6 o clock dinner ; Sunday, 5 o'clock, 1001 Poydras. 

Lopez — 922 Canal. 

Rathskeller — 414 St. Charles. 

Reno's — 728 Gravier. 

St. Charles — 715 Gravier. 

The Old Hickory — 306 Carondelet. 

Tranchina's — West End, Lake Poutchartrain. 

Below Canal Street, French Quarter. 

Begue's — Decatur and Madison, 11 o'clock breakfast only. 

Co.mmercial — Royal and Iberville. 

Cosmopolitan — Bourbon, near Canal, for ladies. Men's cafe on Royal. 

Schadmberg's — 835 Canal. 

Fuerst & Kraemer — 833 Canal. 

Fabacher's — Royal, between Canal 

and Iberville. 
La Louisiane — Iberville, between 

Royal and Bourbon. 
The Gem — Royal, between Canal 

and Iberville. 
Antoine's — St. Louis, between Royal 

and Bourbon. 
A la Renaissance des Chenes 
Verts — Opposite entrance City 
Park. 
Noy's — Spanish Fort. 
Moreau's — Milneburs. 

RAILROAD DEPOTS. 

Union Station — Howard Ave. and 
Rampart street. 

I Clio or Peters Ave. cars direct; Car- 
ondelet, St. Charles, Dryades, 
Henry Clay, Annunciation, Coli- 
seum, within one to two blocks.) 




THE CAXE-KXIFE. 



Illinois Central. 
Yazoo & Mississippi 
Southern I'aciflc. 
Texas & Pacitic. 



Valley. 



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Terminal Station 

(Canal and Basin — all cars.) 
New Orleans & Xorth-Eastern. 
New Orleans Great Northern. 
Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company. 
Frisco & Colorado Southern. 



Louisville & Nashville, Canal street and River front — all cars. 
New Orleans, Fort .Jackson & Grand Isle — opposite Canal street. 
Louisiana Southern — Elysian Fields and St. Claude street. 

BAGGAGE TRANSFER AND BUS COIVIPANIES. 

New Orleans Transfer Company, 840 Common street. 
Parcel Transfer Company, 784 Union street. 
I'elican Transfer Company, 911 Gravier street. 
American Transfer Company, 1007 (iravier street. 

HACK AND CAB FARES. 

Carriages and cabs meet all trains and boats and the rates are fixed by City 
Ordinance No. 1185, N. C. S., adopted April 4th, 1902, copy of which must be 
posted in each vehicle, and the driver must wear on the outside front of his coat 
a numbered badge. Violations of the ordinance are punishable by fine and im- 
prisonment, and complaints must be made at the Mayor's office, City Hall, or to 
the Chief of I'olice. 

All depots are on the city side of the river, but if a carriage or cab has to 
cross the river, the passenger or passengers shall pay the ferriage to and from 
any hotel and the following depots and steamboat landings, between Julia and 
St. Louis streets. Hand baggage free. Trunks, 25 cents each, unless otherwise 
agreed upon : 

Union Station — Southern Pacific, Illinois Central Railroad, Mississippi Val- 
ley Railroad, Texas & Pacific Railroad, 50 cents per passenger. Additional half- 
mile or part thereof, 50 cents. 

Terminal Station — New Orleans & North-Eastern, Louisiana Railway & 
Navigation Company, New Orleans Great Northern, Frisco, Colorado Southern, 
same. 

Louisville & Nashville, Pacific Railroad, same. 







CIIARCO.Vl. lILO.S.SOiLS. 



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DAY RATES — 6 :00 A. M. TO 9 :00 p. M. 

One-horse cab or vehicle : One passenger, one mile or part thereof, 50 cents ; 
for each additional passenger, 50 cents ; for each additional half-mile or part 
thereof, 50 cents per passenger. 

NIGHT RATES 9 :00 P. M. TO 6 :00 A. M. 

One-horse cabs or vehicles : One passenger, one mile or part thereof, 75 cents ; 
for each additional passenger, 50 cents; for each additional half-mile or part 
thereof, 50 cents. 

Two-horse carriages or vehicles : One passenger, one mile or part thereof, 
$1 ; for each additional passenger, $1 ; children under 12 years, half of the 
above rates. 

CARRIAGES AND OTHER VEHICLES BY THE HOUR. 

Cab or carriage, spLSO for the first hour and .?1 for each succeeding hour or 
fractional part thereof for the entire cab or carriage. 

TAXICAB SERVICE. 

The installation of taxicab service is a marked innovation in city trans- 
portation. The Taxicab Company, of New Orleans, as in the case of horse vehicles 
and transfer companies, can be reached direct or through the various hotels. The 
rates are 50 cents for the first mile, for one or more passengers, and 10 cents 
per quarter-mile thereafter. A charge of 10 cents is made for each six min- 
utes of waiting. The average charge to and from hotels and depots should be 
50 cents maximum for one or more passengers. 

TELEGRAPH OFFICES. 

Western Union — St. Charles and Gravier streets and hotels. 
Postal — 206-10 St. Charles street and hotels. 

MESSENGER SERVICE. 

American District Telegraph, 618 Gravier. 

Hurry Messenger Service, 117 Elk I'lace. 

National District Telegraph (Western Union), St. Charles and (Jravier. 

Postal — 206-10 St. Charles street. 

RAILROAD CITY TICKET OFFICES. 

Atlanta & West Point — 517 Hibernia Building, Gravier and Carondelet. 

Denver Road — 702 Common, St. Charles Hotel. 

Georgia R. R. — 210 Godchaux Building, Canal and Chartres. 

Illinois Central — 141 St. Charles, corner Common. 

Louisville & Nashville — 201 St. Charles, St. Charles Hotel. 

Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co. — Perrin Building, Baronne and Gravier. 

Mobile & Ohio — 229 St. Charles, St. Charles Hotel. 

National R. R. of Mexico — 708 Common, St. Charles Hotel. 

New Orleans Great Northern — 703 Gravier, St. Charles Hotel. 

Queen & Crescent — 211 St. Charles, St. Charles Hotel. 

Rock IsIand-I<"risco Lines — 707 Gravier, St. Charles Hotel. 

Santa Fe — 223 St. Charles, St. Charles Hotel. 

Seaboard Air Line — 318 Hibernia Building, Gravier and Carondelet. 

Southern Pacific — 227 St. Charles, St. Charles Hotel. 

Southern Railway — 704 Common, St. Charles Hotel. 

Texas & Pacific — 207 St. Charles, St. Charles Hotel. 

Yazoo & Mississippi Valley — 141 St. Charles, corner Common 

Frisco — Gravier street, St. Charles Hotel. 



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EXPRESS COMPANIES 

American Express Company — St. Charles and Union streets; Illinois Central 
Railroad ; Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad. 

Pacific Express Company — 346 Camp street ; Texas & Pacific Railroad. 

Southern Express Company — 724-726 Union street ; New Orleans & North- 
Eastern Railroad ; Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company ; New Orleans Great 
Northern Railway. 

Wells-Fargo Express Company — Camp and Common streets : Southern Pacific 
Railroad ; Kansas City Southern Railroad ; Colorado Southern Railroad ; Louisi- 
ana i{aihvay & Navigation Company. 

STEAMBOAT LINES. 

Steamboats operate on the Mississippi River between New Orleans, Don- 
aldsonville, Baton Rouge, Natchez, Vicksburg, Greenville and intermediate points. 

On the Ouachita and Atchafalaya Rivers, between New Orleans, Monroe, Co- 
lumbia, Harrisonburg, .Jonesville, and intermediate points on Black River, and on 
the Atchafalaya as high as Melville. Rates and information may be obtained 
from Lord cS: Mcl'eake, 602 (Jravier street. 

The Mississippi I'acket Co., B. Strauss, agent, 524 Gravier street, operates 
boats between New Orleans, False River, Devalls, Baton Rouge, I'laquemine, 
Bayou Goula, White Castle, Donaldsonville and intermediate points. 

The Comeaux-LeBlanc Transportation Company operates between New Or- 
leans and Donaldsonville, and all intermediate points. Office head of Bienville 
street. 

Bradford Transportation Company operates between New Orleans and points 
on Lower Terrebonne to Sugar Refinery and Houma, and on Bayou Lafourche to 
Lafourche Crossing. 

The Merchants' & Growers' Transportation Company, P. F. Renaud, agent, 
head of Conti street, operates between New Orleans and Lower Mississippi points, 
to Fort St. I'hilip and intermediate points. 

The Grand Isle line operates between New Orleans and Grand Isle. Chinese 
Fishing Camps and intermediate points, via Harvey's Canal. Head of Bienville 
street. 

LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN STEAMERS. 

Steamer New Camelia operates between New Orleans, Mandeville, Lewisburg, 
Madisonville, I'ineland Park. W. C. Coyle & Co., agents, 337 Carondelet street. 

STEAMSHIP LINES. 

The steamship lines at New Orleans can carry the traveler or take cargo 
to the ports of the world. There is coastwise service to New York and Phila- 
delphia, and over-seas ships to Europe, Asia, Africa, Cuba, I'orto Rico, Mexico, 
Panama, Central and South America. 

The lines at New Orleans are as follows : 
For Liverpool — Leyland Line. 
Harrison Line. 
For London — I>eyland Ijine. 

South Atlantic S. S. Co. 
For Antwerp — Harrison Lino. 

Lamport & Holt. 
Leyland. 
Elder-Dempster. 
South Atlantic S. S. Line. 
Gans Line. 
For AchOs— ;Texas Transport & Terminal Co. 
I .' ("lans Line. 



66 NEW ORLEANS. 



For Almeria — Pierce's Creole Line. 
For Barcelona — Pierce's Creole Line. 

Pinillos Line. 

Falsch Line. 

Austro-American Line. 

For Bremen — Leyland Line. 

Elder-Dempster Line. 

Prince Line. 
For Belfast — Head Line. 
For Bordeaux — French Line. 

Vogemann Line. 

For Christiana — Norway-^Iexico Gulf lAne. 
For Copenliagen — Gans Line. 

Texas Transport & Terminal Line. 

For Dublin — Head Line. 
For Genoa — Creole Line. 

Pierce's Creole Line. 
For Glasgow — Maclay-Prentice Line. 
For Gothenburg — Maclay-I'rentice Line. 
For Hamburg — Hamburg-American Line. 
South Atlantic S. S. Co. 
For Havre — Leyland Line. 

For Venice, Trieste and Fiume — Austro-American Line. 

French. 

For Hull— South Atlantic S. S. Co. 
For Manchester — Leyland Line. 
For Marseilles — Creole Line. 
For Naples — Pierce's Creole Line. 
Austro-American Line. 

For Nantes — South Atlantic S. S. Co. 
For Rotterdam — Leyland Line. 

South Atlantic S. S. Co. 

Elder-Dempster Line. 

For West Hartlepool — I'rince. 

For Porto Rican Ports — New York and lorto Klco Line. 

Insular Line. 
For Havana — Southern Pacific Steamship Line. 
For Santiago, Manzanillo and Cienfuegos — United Steamship Co. 
For Vera Cruz and Tampico — Wolvin Line. 
Munson Line. 

For Progresso (Mes. ) — Monte's Line. 

For Colon (Panama), Belize, Puerto Barrios. Puerto Cortez. I'ort l.iinon, 
Bluefields, Bocas Del Toro — United Fruit Co. 

COASTWISE SERVICE. 

For New York — Southern Pacific Steamship Line. 
For Philadelphia — Philadelphia and Gulf S. S. Line. 

Southern S. S. Line. 
For Tampa — Penn. S. S. Line. ; 

For Mobile, Pensacola and Panama City (Fla.) — Mobile & cklf S. S. Line. 



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CLUBS. 

Athenaeum (Y. M. II. A. Buildinu) — 8t. Cliai-les and Clio. 

Audubon Golf Club — Felicia and Audubon Park. 

fioston Clul) — 824 Canal. 

Chess, Checkers and Whist Club — Canal and Baronne. 

Country Clul) — Bayou St. John and City Park. 

Elks' Club — 121 Elks' I'lace, near Canal. 

Harmony Clul) — St Charles, corner Jackson. 

Louisiana Clul) — Canal and Carondelet. 

I'ickwick Club — Canal, near Rampart. 

Phoenix Athletic Club — 3045 N. Rampart. 

Round Table Club — 1433 Jackson. 

Royal Athletic Club — 12G Royal. 

Southern Athletic Club — Washington and Prytanla. 

Southern Yacht Club — West End. 

St. John Rowing Club — West End. 

Y. M. C. A.— 817 St. Charles. 

Young Men's Gymnastic Club — 224 North Rampart. 

Y. M. G. C. Rowing Club— West End. 

PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 

Algiers Ferry — Head of Canal. 

Annunciation Episcopal Church — Camp and Race. 

Brewers' Exchange — 712 Hennen Building. 

CarroUton Evangelical Church — Dante, near Elm. 

Charity Hospital — Tulane near Howard. 

Christ Church, Episcopal — St. Charles and Sixth. 

City Hall — St. Charles, facing Eafayette Square. 

Coliseum Baptist Church — Camp and Terpsichore. 

Confederate Memorial Library — Camp and Howard. 

Contractors' and Dealers' Exchange — Perdido and Carroll. 

First Baptist Church — 2819 Magazine. 

First Christian Church — Coliseum and IMelpomene. 

First Christian Church, Scientist — 810 St. Charles. 

First Presbyterian Church — Lafayette Square. 

First Unitarian Church — Peters Avenue and South Rampart. 

German Evangelical Church — Jackson and Chippewa. 

Grace Baptist Church — 5737 Dauphine. 

Holy Trinity Church, Greek — Hospital and Barracks. 

Hotel Dieu — Tulane and Johnson. 

Howard Memorial Library — Camp and Howard. 

H. Sophie Newcomb College — Washingtf)n and Coliseum. 

Jesuit Catholic Church — Baronne. near ("anal. 

Jewish Temple Sinai — Carondelet, near Howard. 

Knights of Pythias Hall — 820 Perdido. 

liOuisiana Bar Association Library — Chartres. corner St. Ann. 

Louisiana Sugar and Rice Exchange — Bienville and Clay. 

Lafayette Presbyterian Church — Magazine, near Jackson. 

Masonic Temple — St. Charles, near Perdido. 

Merchants and Manufacturers' Committee ; I'rogressive Union — .j28 Camp. 

N. O. Board of Trade — Arcade Alley. 

N. O. Cotton Exchange — Gravier and Carondelet. 

N. O. Live Stock Exchange — Stock Yards. 

N. O. Medical Library — 1551 Canal. 

N. O. I'rogressive Union — Camp and Lafayette Square. 

N. O. Public Library — Lee Circle, St. Charles and Howard Avenue. 

N. O. Sanitarium — 731 Carondelet. 

X. O. Stock Exchange — (Jravier, near Carondelet. 



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68 NEW ORLEANS. 



Odd Fellows" Hall — Camp and Lafayette Square. 

Real Estate Auction Exchange — 225-229 Baronne. 

Retail Trade Extension Coaimittee, I'rogressive Union — 528 Camp. 

Scottish Rite Cathedral — 619 Carondelet. 

Soldiers' Home — Ba.vou St. John, near Esplanade. 

St. Charles Avenue Methodist Church — 1802 Tulane. 

St. Louis Cathedral — Chartres, opposite Jackson Square. 

St. I'atrick's Church — Camp, near Julia. 

St. Paul's Episcopal Church — Camp and (Jaiennie. 

St. Paul's Lutheran Church — Burgundy ami I'ort. 

Third Presbyterian Church — Opposite Washington Square. 

Tulane University — St. Charles, opposite Audubon I'ark. 

1'ilton Memorial Library — Tulane University. 

Touro Infirmary — Coliseum and Foucher. 

Touro Synagogue, Jewish — 836 Carondelet. 

Trinity Episcopal Church — Jackson and Coliseum. 

U. S. Customhouse — Canal and Decatur. 

U. S. Marine Hospital — Tchoupitoulas and Henry Clay. 

U. S. Mint — Esplanade and Levee. 

U. S. Naval Station — Algiers. 

U. S. Post Office — Canal and Decatur. 

Ursuline Convent — Jordan and Dauphine. 

Zion Lutheran Church — St. Charles and St. Andrew. 



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THE PROGRESSIVE UNION. 

The I'rogressive Union, the compiler and publisher of this volume, is 
a civic organization numbering some 2,000 business and professional men 
as its members, and is one of the largest bodies of its kind in the South. 
It is the exponent and expression of municipal. State and Southern progress, 
taking part in contemporary national affairs and is the great exploitation and 
publicity bureau of New Orleans, Louisiana, the (iulf Coast and Lower Mississippi 
Valley. The Progressive Union invites investigation of the resources and possi- 
bilities of this city, State and section, particularly from those living in other 
sections of the United States, and solicits correspondence. The South is pro- 
gressing with tremendous strides, and her wealth is as yet untouched. 

To the capitalist, the investor, the manufacturer, the farmer. New Orleans 
says, "Come South." Address all communications to 

NEW ORLEANS PROGRESSIVE UNION, 

528 Camp Street. 






NEW ORLEANS 

IS A HEALTH SPOT, A RESORT, A 
COSMOPOLITAN CITY OF DELIGHTS 
AND BUSINESS AGGRESSIVENESS. 



See For Yourself. 



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